Snow play suggestion atNature Center Dear editor:Broken sleds and trash are cluttering the beautiful Idyllwild Nature Center this Friday morning. Imagine what it will look like Sunday night, thanks to posters directing snow players to this specific park.Suggestions:Rangers can work from the kiosk at the entrance on Highway 243 on snow play days to collect…
By Monica VacaAssociate Director, Division of ConsumerResponse and Operations The year 2020 was a tough year. Between the pandemic and the economic crisis, we all had our hands full. And scammers didn’t take any time off either — 2020 was a busy year for fraud. In 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) got more than…
By Riverside CountyContributed The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT) awarded Riverside University Health System Medical Center (RUHS-MC) Level-1 Trauma Center verification, constituting RUHS-MC as the only trauma center in Riverside County with this verification from the ACS-COT.This recognition certifies that the medical center provides the highest quality of trauma care from initial…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District recently responded to the following calls. • Feb. 1 — Medical aid, 8:57 a.m. Pine Crest Ave.• Feb. 1 — Gas leak, 2:52 p.m. Saunders Meadow Rd.• Feb. 1 — Medical aid, 3:42 p.m. Delano Rd.• Feb. 3 — Medical aid, 1:04 a.m. Delano Rd.• Feb. 3 — Medical…
Whiskers: Everyone get over here. You won’t believe the news I have!Pepper: We are all here. What is it?Whiskers: Hang onto your hats. Sadie was adopted!!Pepper: Holy cat nip! She has been with ARF for many years. How very exciting.Whiskers: And we also have another new cat, Flash.Pepper: So many new cats and cats adopted…
70 years ago – 1951Town Crier founder and publisher Ernie Maxwell was the moderator of the Chamber’s Community Night for “the Hillfolk’s get-together to exchange ideas of what they want to see accomplished on the Hill.” 65 years ago – 1956A group of locals set up an Idyllwild booth at the Indio Fair. It featured…
By Stephanie YostContributed As part of its annual governance, the Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) has recently made changes to its board of directors and officers. In December, two of its long-standing board members — Idyllwild resident Wendy Read and Pine Cove resident Barry Wallace — retired from the board. ICC is grateful to them both…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District recently responded to the following calls. • Jan. 26 — Motor vehicle collision with injuries, 12:07 p.m. Highway 74.• Jan. 26 — Medical aid, 3:12 p.m. Marian View Dr.• Jan. 27 — Medical aid, 12:30 p.m. Lilac Dr.• Jan. 27 — Medical aid, 2:38 p.m. Tahquitz View Dr.• Jan….
Catherine A. Dearing had been an Idyllwild resident since 1976. She passed away peacefully in her home on the evening of Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020.She was laid to rest at the Temecula Public Cemetery as she did not want a funeral.
Throughout their lives, all of the people in this annual tribute were connected to Idyllwild.And because these are such small communities, many of the names that appear in Town Crier obituaries have appeared in past pages of the Town Crier when those people were alive. In that sense, they live on in the written history…
